{"id":9399,"date":"2019-09-22T15:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T15:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/uncategorized\/httpshealthyaging-netmagazinep9385previewtrue-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T15:06:59","slug":"ragout-of-quail-with-summer-vegetables-and-basil-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/recipe\/ragout-of-quail-with-summer-vegetables-and-basil-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ragout of Quail with Summer Vegetables and Basil Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p class=\"back-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/?p=9385&amp;preview=true\">Back to Food Article<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9622\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9622\" class=\"wp-image-9622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Game_p137-700w-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ragout of Quail\" width=\"700\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Game_p137-700w-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Game_p137-700w-1-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ragout of Quail<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"recipe-card\"><\/p>\n<h3>Ragout of Quail with Summer Vegetables and Basil Pesto<\/h3>\n<p class=\"servings\">Makes 2 to 4 servings<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 quail, dressed<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>8 pearl onions, skinned<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves fresh garlic, skinned and chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 red bell pepper, cored and diced<\/li>\n<li>1 medium zucchini, diced<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup dry white wine<\/li>\n<li>1 cup tomato juice<\/li>\n<li>8 cherry tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>8 green beans, stemmed and cut into 2-inch pieces<\/li>\n<li>8 snap peas<\/li>\n<li>Basil Pesto (recipe following<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Wash the quail and dry them well. Season with salt and black pepper.<\/p>\n<p>In a heavy skillet, heat 3 table-spoons of olive oil and 1 table-spoon of unsalted butter. When the butter stops bubbling, add the quail, breast side down, and cook about 3 to 5 minutes, or until golden brown. Cook the other side until also golden brown. Remove the quail from the pan and reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Lower the heat to medium and add the onions, garlic, pepper and zucchini to the pan. Stir the vegetables and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the white wine and tomato juice and bring to a boil. Add the reserved quail back to the pan. Cover and place into the oven. Cook for 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Add the cherry tomatoes, green beans and snap peas to the pan and return this pan to the oven. Cook for an additional 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For The Basil Pesto<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>22 cups basil leaves, washed\nand dried<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, skinned<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc cup pine nuts, toasted<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup grated Parmesan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To make the pesto, place the basil, garlic, and pine nuts into a food processor. Pulse until the basil begins to break down.<\/p>\n<p>With the motor running, add the olive oil and salt. Place the basil mixture into a small bowl. Fold in the Parmesan cheese. Reserve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To Serve<\/strong>: Divide the vegetables among four plates. Place the birds on top of the vegetables, and serve with pesto on the side.<\/div>\n<p><p class=\"author-credit\">\u00a9 Game: The Chef\u2019s Field to Table Cookbook by Covey Rise, Welcome Books, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"back-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/?p=9385&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back to Food Article<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View recipe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2019-recipe","category-recipe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9399"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9623,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9399\/revisions\/9623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyaging.net\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}